Arabic vocabulary
تَمْتَنِعrefrain in Arabic
تَمْتَنِع is how you say “refrain” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وتمتنع فِيمَا يسْتَقْبل من الذُّنُوب
And you refrain in the future from sins.
وَتَمْتَنِعُ — and you refrain. The 'you' is built into this present verb, which sits in the pattern that inserts a '-t-' for a self-directed action, 'you hold yourself back'. No separate pronoun is needed for the subject.
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